Shopping for clothes in brick and mortar stories may give you instant gratification and the chance to try them on, but why bother when you can online, get bigger discounts, and have your clothes tailored to fit before they even get to your house? There are plenty of online clothing shops that will take your order and then customize your clothes to fit you like a glove, so you get style and comfort for a song. Here's a look at five of the best of those custom clothing stores, based on your nominations.

Earlier in the week, we asked you which online custom clothing stores you thought were the best at delivering quality, comfort, and bargains in a good-looking package. You responded with your nominations, and now we're back to look at the top five.

Blank Label offers custom men's dress shirts and button-downs based entirely on your measurements. You supply them, but you also have a say in how the shirts actually fit once they're tailored to your size and shape. Select from the styles and colors in their latest collection, or you can start from scratch, select your fabric, and build a shirt that looks and fits just the way you want. They're not the cheapest store in the roundup, but they do have some of the best looking shirts you can find, and you get the opportunity to tweak the shoulder, collar, chest, midsection, sleeve, and even the length of the shirt before it ships to you.

Indochino doesn't just specialize in dress shirts, but in all sorts of upscale menswear, including entire suits, pants and slacks, blazers and coats, and even accessories like cufflinks, ties, vests, belts, and my favorite: collar stays. Select the styles that you want and buy a la carte, or allow Indochino to walk you through its customization process to make sure you get a suit or set of clothes that really match your style and shape. They spring for shipping and fees, deliver custom orders quickly, and have a really sharp, easy-to-use site that makes shopping for clothes online fun. Many of your praised Indochino for great fitting clothes, great prices, and strong customer service, not to mention really good looking clothes, from mix and match shirts and slacks to full formal suits.

Modern Tailor doesn't just focus on menswear—the company also offers a line of women's shirts, and those of you who nominated it praised the company for its great designs, affordable tailoring and customization options, and most importantly, their superior fit and comfort once you got your order. Modern Tailor's prices are incredible, with many shirts around the $20 USD mark, and suits around $300. Modern Tailor also offers accessories like cufflinks, vests, and ties that you can tack on to your order ot buy individually. Where the service really shines though is in tailoring your clothes to fit—send in your measurements and tell them how you want your clothes to fit, and they'll take care of the rest.

eShakti is the only entry in the roundup that exclusively focuses on custom and tailored women's clothing, including dresses, skirts, and tops. You have the option to select from the store's ever-changing collection of styles and designs, and buy right off the shelf or have them altered and customized to fit before they ship. eShakti's prices are fantastic (especially for women's clothing), and they can tailor to women of all shapes and sizes, with free customization for many of their products and sizes. Those of you who nominated them pointed to their satisfaciton guarantee and easy return policy, superior pricing, and perhaps most importantly, great fit—something that's hard to find. When you pick out something you like, head over to the accessories section—they offer a wide array of bags and jewelry to match your purchase.

Black Lapel (not to be confused with Blank Label) offer some of the most stylish men's formalwear I've ever seen. You don't buy off the shelf with Black Lapel—as soon as you select something you like, you can see it on a model, but then you customize the style, the fabric, and the fit to suit you. Submit your measurements and the service will tailor them behind the scenes to make sure they're comfortable when you pull them out of the box. In fact, they're so committed, they offer a "Flawless Fit Promise," meaning if you don't love it, they'll alter their alterations or completely remake your suit for you. They also walk you through the process of taking good measurements so they can ensure a great fit. They're not bargain basement prices, but they do offer sharp-looking custom clothes that look good on men of all shapes and sizes.

There you have it! Your top five online custom clothing stores. Now it's time to vote for the all-out winner.

Honorable mentions this week go out to Proper Cloth, which many of you praised for its custom men's dress shirts and guaranteed fit. Also worth noting is iTailor, who offers custom—even monogrammed if you like—mens dress shirts in the US and the EU at amazing prices, all tailored to your measurements before they leave for your house.

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Have something to say about the nominees that we missed? Did your favorite not get enough nominations to be included? Remember, the top five are based on your most popular nominations from the call for contenders thread from earlier in the week. Share your thoughts in the comments below.

The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it—it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!